MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
farm labor. We find the knolls and slopes of the 
rolling prairie saturated with water, held by the 
tenacity of the soil and seriously prejudicial to 
good culture. 
Prices are, at present, very low. Spring wheat, 
40 to 50 cts., mostly in goods; corn 15 to 25 cts., 
as per locality and condition; pork, $3 60 to $4; 
butter, fi esh, 20 to 25 cts.; beef, $4 to 5 60—beef 
cuts at retail, 7 to S cts. As time permits, we hope 
to say more of this “empire ” west of the Missis¬ 
sippi. h. c. w. 
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1857. 
course increases the savageness of their disposi¬ 
tions. By its stimulating properties it excites the 
animal propensities to increased activity and fe¬ 
rocity. It gives no more strength than that deriv¬ 
ed from a piece of bread, but it excites the ani¬ 
mal passions. When ancient warriors desired to 
give their Boldiery a special fitting for the brutal 
battle field, they would feed them exclusively on 
flesh. When the gamester, at cock fighting, is 
preparing his fowl to win the prize, he confines 
him to Jlesh. It is generally admitted also among 
the intelligent that eating much flesh tends to di¬ 
minish intellectual activity. There can be no 
donbt that the use ol flesh tends to create a gross- 
nesB of body and spirit. A reference to the his¬ 
tory and character of different nations alone, would 
prove this. 
Another objection to animal food ia it vitiates 
the fluids of the system. Practical demonstration 
has often substantiated this statement. Take the 
great bibbs of cases that have to be treated for a 
humor, and it will generally be found that the in¬ 
dividuals thus affected, were themselves, or their 
immediate predecessors, large eaters of flesh.— 
Even the cancer can generally be traced back 
either mediately or immediately to such an origin. 
And what has been found to be the most effectual 
remedy in cases of oommon humor? Abstinence 
from eating flesh. When we feed on fle6h we not 
only eat the muscular fibres, but the juiceB or flaids 
of the animal, and these fluids pass into oar own 
circulation—become our blood, our flaids and our 
flesh. However pure may be the flesh of the ani¬ 
mals we eat, their fluid%.tend to engender in ns a 
humorous state of the blood. But the meat ilyit 
is given us in the markets is very far from being 
pure. The very process taken to fit the animals 
tor market, tends to produce a diseased state of 
their fluids. Tho process of stall-feeding is a 
forced and unnatural one, by which the fluidB be- 
oome diseased. Animal food thus exposes the 
system more effectually to the causes of acute 
diseases. When the fluids are in a diseased state 
the ordinary causes of disease find & more easy 
prey. Thousands on thousands of those who have 
been afflicted with, or have died of fevers, small¬ 
pox, cholera, &o., might probably have escaped 
their deadly influence if their fluids had not been 
vitiated by animal food. 
But aside from the foregoing weighty considera¬ 
tions, Economy appeals strongly and foroibly to 
meat-eaters at the present time, to curb this pro¬ 
pensity. It is verily true that a diet composed 
mainly of vegetables and fruits, will not cost over 
one-half that of one composed of a large share of 
meats. 
Is it not then the part of wisdom for all to see 
if their tables cannot be generously supplied at 
much less expense, and far more in accordance 
with the laws of health? Verily they can be! 
Spring Side, Vermont, 1857. S. B. R. 
Rural Humor.— Speaking of the Amherst (Mass.) 
Cattle Show, a 8pringtield paper says:—“ There is 
a quaint humor in the making np of committees 
upon stock, «to., which is a new feature in ' Cattle 
Shows.’ For instance: The committee on cattle, 
upon the principle that ‘He who drives fat oxen 
should himself be fat,' was composed of eight gen¬ 
tlemen whose aggregate weight is over 2,000 lbs.! 
1'hen the committee on calves (most impudent 
selection) was wholly oomposed of members of the 
last Legislature. The committee on fowls were 
gentlemen from several towns about tacre,all of 
them blessed with tbe name of Fowlea But the 
happiest thing, and one that really had a good 
grain ol satire in it, was the committee npon ma¬ 
ple sugar. This was made np of ‘sweet neaits,’ 
tur*-e gentlemen and three ladies who were known 
to be engaged to be married, oeing upon it. Poor 
things 1 Those who appointed them knew that it 
wts only right that they should nibble a little su¬ 
gar uow, to make some small amends for the fu¬ 
ture t.tnt lies so near before them." 
Eds. Rural.*—I n a late issue of the Bubal 1 saw 
an article entitled “A Good Idea—a Premium for the 
Best Roads,” and I will give a draft of a 8craper to do 
the work with. Two stripB of plank 24 feet long, 3 to 
6 inches thick, say 1 foot wide, 
the forward ends 12 feet apart, 
— according to the design,— 
with tbe hind ends almost to¬ 
gether, set np on the edge— 
‘ then two cross-ties the same 
" \ width, the forward one say 2 
/ / inehesihiokerimd long enough 
’ to dovetAil and key together 
v - - • y- with a curve on the under edge, 
r \ just as deep as the road will 
V’ \ want to be. Ji Bott wood, spike 
i V band iron on the lower umide 
0 . edge of the Bides, also of the 
front tie. Hitch the chain as 
6 in the cut. Spike two or three 
plank across the top ior men 
to stand on if moro weight is wanted. When the 
oentre of the road is plowed wide enough for the 
scraper, hitch on the team or teams, and keep in 
the middle of the road both ways. The crown of 
the road will thus be made just as straight as the 
team can he goided, and it won’t vary much from 
an air-line if every overseer takes the interest they 
ought All the earth in front of the scraper keeps 
moving towards tbe centre of the road. Keep the 
stone away as fast as they appear, and the scraper 
itself will notify the overseer when the road iB 
finished, for it will rest on the earih the whole 
length of the sides as well as the ties. Here you 
have a perfectly smooth crowning surface in the 
place that It should be. Those that intend to go 
in for the “First Premium,” had better make the 
sides of the scraper 30 feet long and 16 feet wide 
in front, with 3 tics equally divided, bat in this 
case the sides will want to be say S inches wider. 
When you want to go through two atid a half or 
three feet of snow, just hitch on to tbe other end. 
But, says one, how can Bnch a thing be turned 
around? Very easy. Let one or two men that 
ride on the scraper, have a small hand-spike or 
iron bar, shove the hind end out from the centre, 
turn your beam a little and it will balance aronnd 
easier than one would imagine. The longer the 
road is and the fewer the turns, the better it will 
be and the more leveL This mode will make a 
road that no gentleman will be ashamed to ride 
over, and if every overseer in the State of New 
York would have one, where rootB and rocks are 
out of the way so as to give it a fair chance, their 
tempers woald be bettered and hard words les¬ 
sened by 1)9 if not 100 per cent. x. y. 
Rome, N. Y., 1857. 
PREMIUM HOUSES AND BARNS. 
Ab we wish to tarnish our readers with the most 
reliable information on all matters ol Rural Lift, 
we propose during the coming year to give a series 
of plans for Faum Houbks and Barns —not merely 
fanoy sketches, existing only in the imagination of 
the Architect, but buildings that have been erected 
and found to meet the wants of the farmer. For 
the purpose of obtaining the very best plans in 
the country, and compensating our friends for the 
trouble of famishing them, we offer the following 
PRKMIUIIS KOS FARM H0C8B8. 
1st. For the oest ptan of a Farm rton«e, with ground 
p'.aue, elevation, &c , drawn to a scale, and with all neces¬ 
sary information as to cost, manner of construction, Ac., 
we will give a premium of Twknty-Fivb Dollars. 
2d. For the second be<,t plan furnished as above, Twk.aty 
Dollars. 
8d. For the third, FrrriiK.v Dollars. 
t'RKHIDM FOR FLANS OP BARNS. 
1st. For the beat plan of a Barx, furnished with all 
the neceesary plan*, information, Ac., a* required for Farm 
House, we will give a premium of Twenty Dollars. 2d 
For the next beat, Fifteen Dollars. 3d. For the third, 
Tkn Dollars. 
All plana must he received before the first day 
of April, aud the elevation drawn so as not to oc¬ 
cupy over two columns in width of the Rural._ 
The competitors should state any advantage claim¬ 
ed for any improvement over the usual arrange¬ 
ment or manner of building. All plans submitted 
to be at our disposal, to publish or reject The 
plans will be carefully exo mined and the premiums 
awarded by a competent Committee, the names of 
the persons composing which will be hereafter 
announced. 
HINTS TO MEAT-EATERS, 
At a time when the laws of trade and commer¬ 
cial exchange are subjected to a Btrict scrutiny; 
when the financial world is shaken to its very 
foundation, and convulsed with the throes of 
agony, bordering on death; when gaunt famine 
stares thousands in the face, unless relieved by 
the kind hand of charity; when want of employ¬ 
ment is the portion of scores of thousands; when, 
with the want of daily employment, comes also 
the want of bread; I had thought a few hints on 
the laws of diet and regimen might not be untime¬ 
ly to the many thousand artisans and laborers who 
love and read the Bubal, 
Meats are a most expensive article oi diet, 
especially fresh meats. That they are necessary 
to theihealtb, strength and tone of the muscular 
system, is a delusion. Laboring men are not un¬ 
der the necessity of using animal food, unless they 
choose it as a mere matter of fanoy. They can 
be amply nourished on a vegetable diet; else the 
provision made for Adam and Eva before the fall, 
was a failure. It is stated by an able writer that 
Carbon , which is essential to the production of 
animal beat, is contained more largely in tbe 
breadstuff's, than in meats. The wheat and other 
breadstuff's, contain not only gluten, the basis of 
animal fibre, bnt starch, the basis of animal heat. 
Hence bread, with scientific exactness, may be 
called “the staff of life.” According to Hr. Oar 
renter, an English physiologist, four pounds of 
starch contain as much carbon as fifteen pounds 
of meat. 
Facts, too, are in harmony with this position.— 
Dr. Mubsby, of Cincinnati, says—“ I still continue 
living exclusively on the fruits of the vegetable 
kingdom, which kind of living I adopted some 26 
years since, end find myself healthy and vigorous.” 
Haywood’s History of Massachusetts gives an 
account of a man, living in Worcester Co., who, 
at the age of 116 years, was able to go into tbe 
hay-field and mow. 
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT V 
One of the most eminent of modern writers has 
a story in press with the above title, aud when 
reviewing onr exchanges tue caption meets onr 
eye, the thought strikes ns what a strange christen¬ 
ing even for a story! Yet, peculiar as it is, with 
what force of application can each individual pro¬ 
pound the qae-y to himself—what a base it pre¬ 
sents for the moralist to create a brain edifice 
npon—what a glowing text for the preacher! It 
is not our present purpose, however, to pen a 
treatise upon tbh gs architectural, nor hav- we a 
desire to don the sarcedotal robes—but we wish to 
give our Young Ruralists an inkling of what we 
over-heard the other day, and then just ask each 
“wbat will he do with It?” 
It has been noised about the office of the New- 
Yorker that the young members of the family 
Rural thought they were “ cribbed, cabined, and 
confined” In tho Bpace hitherto allotted to them; 
that, in addition, the Seniors have, at various 
times, und without so much as saying “by your 
leave,” trespassed upon the rights, privileges and 
immunities of Young America; thatthe enlarging 
tendencies of the day demand ampler room and 
greater space for the exercise andfaU development 
of the mental organism of the young; and that» 
under the circumstances, It was necessary to give 
at least a column to those marked “juvenile” in 
our growing circle. Tho point thus settled we 
want to get the attention of each of our young 
friends juat loDg enough to put the question— 
“What will he do with it?” Shall ice specnlate? 
No, let the “ Young Ruralist” for 1858 furnish the 
solution. Meanwhile, ss onr next number will be 
so occupied that even this little corner muBt be 
denied us, we wish all those who have borne ns 
company, contented, cheerful minds—the result of 
right thoughts and correot actions. Without 
these joy ia a myth and gladness a cheat; with them 
all onr New Years will be Happy ones. 
Preserving Vegetables. — An experienced 
Michigan correspondent communicates the follow¬ 
ing mode by which Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, Sal¬ 
sify, Ratabagss and Turnips, may be kept perfectly 
fresh and sound for Winter use, and obtainable at 
any time:—“Take boxes or barrels sufficient, to 
contain what vegetables yon wish too keep for 
winter use—or for want of boxes use a corner of 
your cellar. First make a layer of the roots as 
cIobo together as may be; then a layer of dirt or 
sand, filling all the interstices and about an inch 
over tbe roots. Proceed with layers of roots and 
dirt alternately until yon have secured all yon 
wish. Over the whole place an inch or two of 
dirt. The sand or dirt should he ft little moist, 
but neither wet nor dry. We have kept beets and 
carrots according to the above plan, until the first 
of May, and taken them out of the cellar fresh— 
neither wilted, grown, or rotter. 
“ To keep potatoes fresh and good until May and 
Jane, we always have adopted the same mode as 
with beets and c irrots. We prefer to dig them in 
a wet time, and let ill the dirt adhere to them that 
we can—never letting them dry before picking np. 
Place them in the cellar as soon as may be, All all 
the spaces between the potatoes with dirt, and 
keep them covered with dirt during the winter._ 
The temperature of the cellar ought never to be 
above 40° or below 32°; and should there be a sud¬ 
den change of temperature, vegetables covered as 
above will not freeze if the mercury falls to 28°.” 
He had never eaten meat 
from early childhood. Another gentleman belong¬ 
ing in Boston, & dealer in wood and coal, aged 
about 45 years, states that he never saw ft sick day 
—had always been accustomed to muscular labor 
—knew no weather to oold for comfort—could 
bear great fatigue—and yet had never tasted of 
meat from his infancy. A more perfect specimen 
of manly vigor and soundness could not he fonnd. 
The father of the writer of this artiole, now aged 
70, is hale, hearty and vigorous. He has scarcejy 
Been a sick day — has labored constantly in all 
weatherB, living entirely on a purely vegetable diet, 
and “ thrown physio to the dogs.” He bids lair, 
judging from tbe elasticity of his step, to see moat 
of bis meat-eating neighbors die prematurely, 
while he lives a monument commemorative of the 
wisdom of adhering to a generous vegetable diet 
In Humboldt’s description of the Indians of 
Pern, Mexico. Quito and New Grenada they are 
represented as peaceful cultivators of the soil, re¬ 
markably exempt from diseases, and free from 
physical deformities. They live almost entirely 
on vegetable nourishment. He gives the Bame de¬ 
cided testimony as to the character and habits of 
various other South American tribes. Our Ameri¬ 
can Indians, who, in their savage state, live entire¬ 
ly on flesh, are short lived and greatly subject to 
epidemic and contagions diseases. Whole tribes 
are sometimes swept off by the measles, small pox, 
and other maladies. In Nantucket, in Martha's 
Vineyard, in 1764, a fever appeared among the 
Indians dwelling there, which swept off' 202 out of 
340, in the course of six months. It fatality was 
confined to those of entire Indian blood and In¬ 
dian dietetic habits. The inhabitants of the Pa¬ 
cific Islands in their heathen state, were well built, 
fine featured, mild and pleasant; and their physi¬ 
cal strength and activity was such that Captain 
Cook’s men Btood no chance with them in boxing 
and wrestling. Their diet was almost entirely of 
Eds. Rural: —Theory says “the mode of win¬ 
tering pigs should vary with tbe breed. It iB true 
that there is more in the breed than in the trough, 
by one-half ia the teaching of experience.” 
If I was compelled to keep a lot of “ land sharks” 
through the winter I would pat their food in a nar¬ 
row box with divisions. The box should be so 
narrow that it a pig put hia i*es ia, his nose would 
certainly be ont; and not being able to eat with 
his feet in, he would soon learn to prefer his nose 
in the dish. The divisions are not required unless 
several pigs are to lie fed from one box, in which 
case they should be higher than the box itself to 
prevent :heir getting into it endwiee. Nail the 
box down. If you feed such pigs in this way they 
will have leisure to grind their food. Imagine 
yourself going out to feed two, four, six, eight or 
ten which have been whetting their appetite all 
night on tho thoughts of a corn breakfast; you 
throw to them their corn—now look, each greedy 
one pounceB npon an ear, Bhelis and swallows with 
greedy haste to get his share if not more. You 
do not believe those pigs ground half their food 
in their hungry haste to got their share. Should 
there be a little one among them, (aud there is,) 
his chance is not worth his weight in sawdust It 
is not natural for the brute creation to be led at 
regular hours. If left to themselves, they sleep, 
and rest, and graze at pleasure, at all hours of tho 
day, and frequently at night 
To get out of aU difficulty and cut speculation 
short, let us for conscience sake, the pigs and our 
owu sakes get our corn ground. I believe no one 
in this vicinity winters pigs on anything bat oorn 
and straw beds—and. by-tbe-by, they do not often 
get enough of either. Pigs well bedded will pay 
200 per cent, on their bedding. After your pigs 
are wintered with tnach troubled make servants of 
them. Let them run In the orchards to war 
against the curcnlto aud apple worm. 
But enough! My conscience even now smites 
me, if perchance, I have luroduced a ray of light 
which may induce one man to breed one more 
land Bhark. We want better breeds and more of 
them. How will the “Suffblks” do. 1 have a pair 
which are small of their age '‘and size,” are very 
dheile, and take on flesh very fast. Will someone 
tell ns through the “ Rural” how to breed them? 
Shall they be bred as full bloods? or will it be bet¬ 
ter to mix them with those whose ill-natures have 
crept through their veins since the flood? 
Geneva, Ashtabula Co,, O., 1857. I. Bkktt. 
Eds. Rural: —Allow me to make a few inquiries 
through your valuable paper. 
1st. Which is the best time of the year to sow 
plaster on meadow land. As 1 am a young farm¬ 
er of not much experience, I would be much 
obliged to some one of your numerous contribu¬ 
tors for their views on the subject. 
2d. In building a post and rail fence would not 
plowing a couple of furrows on each ride, and 
throwing tbe same up to the fence—formingaridge 
so thBt no water shall Bettle aronnd the posts—act 
as a preventive againat heaving by frost, soil 
heavy clay. 
3d. The best kind of rack to feed cattle from, in 
the yard. If some brother farmer will pleaBe re¬ 
spond to the above he shall receive my thanks. 
Ed8. Rural:— l wish you knew how much inter¬ 
ested we all are in your noble paper, tbe Rural. 
We have formerly taken monthly agricultural pa¬ 
pers, but according to my ideas, a weekly is much 
more iu accordance with the go-aheadativene.ss of 
the times. By the by, I see, In a former number, 
you hinted at a daily Rural. I think it is an ex¬ 
cellent plan. Why cannot the farmer have a daily 
paper devoted to the promotion of his interests as 
well as the merchant? 
As I am one of the boys, I peruse the Young 
Ruralist's department with great interest and 
profit, and in my opinion it is decidedly the best 
part of the paper. I see you are disposed to ac¬ 
commodate the young folks and talk somo of es¬ 
tablishing a paper for their especial benefit. I 
believe anch a paper would take well, and if you 
will get it a going, I will promise yon some sub¬ 
scribers from the *' Black River Country,” for that 
is where I “ hail from.” I notice that in a late 
number you give a description of a machine for 
Bhclling corn. It would please me, and tnauy of 
your subscribers in this region, if in some future 
number yon would describe It more folly, and give 
tbe price, as wo are tired of the neck-aching, 
back-breaking, hand-blistering operation of shell¬ 
ing corn by hand. A Black Rivbr Boy. 
West Turin, Lewis Co., N. Y , 186Tt 
A Fat Cattle Show, which was to *' come off ” 
in the Crystal Palace this week, is tbu 3 facetiously 
announced in the Tribune:—“ The American In¬ 
stitute not having anything else to occupy the 
Crystal Palace for, propose to use it for a otftblo of 
fat cattle, and get up a Bhow for premiums. They 
will also admit calves aud sheep, aud uiso hogs, 
dead and alive. The fewer the better, we should 
say, of the live ones. Dead ducks and roasters 
are a so to have a chance. Nothing is said in the 
advertisement about prizes for ' dead rabbits.'— 
Perhaps there will be enough of that sort of ‘ poul- 
try' about tbe Palace without eutloiog it by an of¬ 
fer of prizes.” 
— Speaking of •• Poultry,” a friend at onr elbow, 
who haB some fowl proclivities, wishes to know 
what has become of the N. Y. State Poultry Society, 
and when and where its next exhibition is to be 
held. Who knows? 
FANNING-MILL REGULATOR. 
And now as I am writing, I may as well give, for 
the benefit of our brother fanners, an illustration 
of my “ Regulator” for cleaning grain, which I 
never saw used by any other person, and as many 
have not yet cleaned theirs they will find it of 
much advantage to try my plan. The “Regula¬ 
tor” is so simple that it takes only a few minntes 
to make it. It Is made of a piece of oak or ash 
one and a half incliOB wide and half an inch truck 
and bent Into the proper shape. The end A is in¬ 
setted in staples in the end of the selves of the 
fauuing-miJI. B rests on the frame of (he mill with 
a screw tu hold it in its place, and O projects 
through tbe bottom of the hopper about two inch¬ 
es. The improvement is obvious, it will be Impos¬ 
sible to clog the mill while the “ Regulator” is 
working. H. Child. 
Philadelphia, N. Y., Dec., 1857. 
Action and Re-action in Farming. — Some 
sharp and sensible writer is responsible for these 
clear suggestions:—“Never keep animals on a 
short allowance—if you starve them, they will 
surely starve yon. Although in draining land 
thoroughly your purse may be drained, jet tbe full 
crops that follow will soon fill it again. Always 
give the soil the first meal. If this is well fed with 
wanare, it will feed all else—plants, anlmalB and 
men. Heavy carrot eropB for cattle will soon re¬ 
turn carats of gold Fences operate in two ways— 
if good, they are a fence, if poor, an offence.— 
Many a farmer, by two sparingly seeding hiB mead¬ 
ows, has had to seed (cede) his whole farm. Every 
farmer should see daily every animal he has, and 
inspect its condition Weekly visits, as is the case 
with some, soon result in weakly animalB.” 
a youno ruralist at work. 
Eds. Rural:—Ab you, no doubt, as well as your 
readers, are glad to hear of industry and success 
of the young, I send you the following item for 
publication: 
Master Herbert James Kent, who is only eight 
years of age, during the vacation of school, soli¬ 
cited the privilege of his father of helping to put 
in the fall crops. Ho was consequently pat in 
charge ol a team, and, in six days’ time, harrowed 
over forty-five acres of land ready for the drill 
Now, If York State can nroduoe better material 
from which to make a farmer, we would be pleased 
to hear of the foot—J. D. G., Suffield, Portage Co., 
Ohio, 1857. 
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Potatoes from Sbbd,—I n noticing our answer 
to a young correspondent, how to raiso potatoes 
from seed, tbe Attica Atlas says:—“ Mr. Guernsey, 
on your friend B. T. Brook’s farm, does better thsn 
that. He exhibited, at. the Wyoming Go. Pair, tbe 
whole product of soma thirty plants, each by it¬ 
self. The smallest would compete with an ordi¬ 
nary marble, and the largest equalled a goose egg 
in size! He treated tbe seed and plants as you 
would the tomato. 
Wisconsin Farming. — The Waupun (Wis.) 
Times Inrnishes a statement of crops grow on a 
small farm by Mr. C. 8. Knbbl and, near that vil 
lttge,—from which it appears that “ ho has gather¬ 
ed, this season, 670 hmhels of oats; 130 bn. wheat; 
280 bu. corn, shelled; 30 bn. beans; 575 bu. pota¬ 
toes; 145 bu. turnips ; 20 bn. onions; 20 wagon 
load of pumpkins; 300 heads of cabbage; 35 tuns 
of hay, tame; 1,400 IDs. of pork; 300 lbs. butter; 
300 doz eggs. Besides this he has pastured four¬ 
teen head of horses and cattle—in itself no ineon- 
sberable item. All of this wa* accomplished in 
good season and good order, by Mr. K., assisted 
only by one young man of nineteen years, on a 
farm of 80 acres, including 20 aereB of timber.” 
SHALL PORK BE PACKED WARM? 
Eds. Rural:—A good many notions are handed 
down from father to sou, und adopted in practice 
by each generation, which on Investigation prove 
to have no fonndutioi^ in truth. All at once, we 
are “brought up standing” by hearing that some 
particular praciioe we have followed, or some cer¬ 
tain view we have held, and our fathers before ns 
held, is unsound. This was the case with tbe 
writer a few days Hlnoe, when on stating hia belief 
that to paok pork with the life-heat in was perilous, 
was laughed at by several irionda, who agreed to 
pay him for all ne should have damaged from bolug 
packed warm, if the work was otherwise properly 
done, and good salt used. They further averred 
that meat is of better quality when packed before 
it becomes thoroughly cool, and can be preserved 
with much less salt. Which is right? If they are, 
there is no longer need of leaviag the dressed 
porkers to “ hang to cool,” thereby protracting op¬ 
erations to the evening or succeeding day. 
Should like to hear from other correspondents 
of the Rural, that if some of us are adhering to 
an inherited, exploded and fogy whim, we may 
drop it. Khali meat be allowed to cool bejore it is 
packed? is the question, gentlemen. w. b. p. 
Frattsbuigh, N. Y., Dec, 1867. 
Bleeding for Black Lbg.— Inquiry — In the 
Rural of Nov. 21, in answer to a communication 
from me in a Sept. No., in reference to Black Leg 
In young cuttle, “ A Reader, 1 ’ of Durant, Iowa 
recommends bleeding in the neck in the latter part 
of August or first of September. Now, 1 wish to 
Inquire whether your correspondent takes all the 
blood from them; and also, whether any other 
time will not answer as well? — as I lost mine do- 
fore the time recommended.— J. Y. M„ Salem, filer 
cer Co., Pa., 1857. 
Hogs and Beef Cattle in Ohio. — The num¬ 
ber of Hogs and Beef Cattle in Ohio, as returned 
for assessment in 1857, and compared with the 
figures of 1856, foot up as follows: 
1887. 1850. 
Hogs.2,331,778 1,861,144 
Cattle.1,066,416 1,087,760 
The value of Hogs and Cattle returned, compare 
as follows: 
1867. 1856. 
Hogs.$6,772,470 $5,288,000 
Cattle.21,602,223 21,175,070 
Correction.— In the Rural of Aug. 29, we pub¬ 
lished a brief article entitled “Don’t Condemn 
tbe Dogs ” The article was sent us by Miss E. C. 
P., bat was writtou wy a friend—bnt having no 
signature, we inadvertently attached her initials. 
We cheerfully rnuke this correction in justice to 
Miss P, who viry properly wishes to be above 
even the suspicion oi appropriating the literary 
wares of another. It is proper to add that this 
correction would have appeared earlier hud not 
the first letter of correspondent, stating tho facts, 
been mislaid. 
Premiums for Young Ruralists.— The Boys 
and Girls who read this department will find on 
our sixth page s list of premiums designed for 
their special benefit. Look at lb Young Ruralists, 
and see if the offers are not worth a little extra 
effort in behalf ol wbut u letter jqst received calls 
“ your Rural, my Rural, the People's Rural, and 
i wish I could say everybody's Rural.” 
— Speclmen numbers of the Rural, copies of I 
our colored Show-Bill, &c., will lie sent free to any 
of our young friends who apply for them. 
